prevention
/pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "a fire prevention campaign"
- "Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention."
- "But no Man Pities another for any Evil lying upon Him, which he would not help, but which he could not. One is his Burden, the other his Choice; Vertually at least, since he might have Chosen its Prevention."
- "It performed this task in the beginning and has always exercised the power of passing on books. By this transfer, the Pope points out, every danger of a collision, which might become very embarrassing, is evaded. The prevention of such collisions has indeed been one of the chief reasons for Pius X to undertake the complete reorganization of the Roman Curia."
- "In the next few days we'll announce the administration's new strategy for the prevention of drug abuse and drug trafficking."
- "Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago."
Etymology
From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prevencion, prēventiō